Dish with Flowering Prunus, Pomegranate, and Pear

Description The flowering branch of Prunus is painted in Famille Rose overglaze enamel. This magnificent dish belongs to a set made for use in the palace.

Exhibitions

• Masterpieces of Chinese Porcelain. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1980-1981.

Provenance William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore, prior to 1896 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Inscriptions [Mark] On underside, in underglaze blue: Yongzheng [Yung-Cheng]

Credit Acquired by William T. Walters, before 1896